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A non-profit organization that restores and researches biodiversity of Satoyama and waterside. They created accreditation system of 環境再生医 (environmental restoration doctor.) and assist environmental education, enlightenment, research and human resource training with Japanese government, local authorities and companies.

A non-profit organization that investigate ecosystem in paddy fields. They aim to spread agricultural that not harm paddy fields biodiversity, assist farmer who try the agricultural and connect between farmers and consumers.

BLUE BIRD is a local NGO located in Tokyo. Our aim is to conserve biodiversity as we believe that it is one of the biggest sources of interactions between living things on Earth. We work on promoting biodiversity conservation and raising awareness about its importance. 活動のテーマは「つながり」。生活者が「つながりの大切さ」を再認識・再確認できる様に、「地球上の大きなつながり＝生物多様性」を中心テーマに据え、軽やかに「女性ならではの視点」で活動をしています。

We participated as a non profit organization at COP10, Nagoya Japan. Some specialist of communication gathered and we established this organization on May 28, 2011. We included five IUCN-CEC members (IUCN Commission on Education and Communication). We held civil events with local governments and mass-medias. We are also a member of the UNDB Japan Commission. COP10でNGOスピーチを行い、CEPA決議を修正。国内のコミュニケーションのスペシャリストを集めた組織として2011/5/28に設立。IUCN-CECメンバーも5名。自治体とメディアと組んだ市民イベント開催、国連生物多様性の10年日本委員会の運営メンバー。 日本国内で行われている「CEPA」のグッドプラクティスを各種メディア、Web、印刷物にアーカイブし、国内、海外に発信、愛知目標の目標１を推進。日本人が都市化によって忘れかけている「自然との共生」、生物多様性という概念を生活で実感できるように取組む。

CEF was established as a non governmental organization to cope with various environmental problems in 1992. CEF coordinates practical activities, forming various study and research groups of specific projects, making suggestions according to requests from various organization, companies, and offering information and opportunities for people who is interested in environmental problems.

A non-profit organization for popularize ecotourism in Okinawa. They propel making ecotourism guidelines and environmental conservation agreement which aims to keep and sustainably use nature and culture for tourism in Okinawa.

mudef stands for ‘Music Design Foundation’. It is a coined word combining music and design. mudef, which will implement sustainable activities with global perspective, is established in order to organize and manage artists’ social activities. mudef set 8 goals of MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) as the center of its activities. MDGs are comprehensive and specific development goals which were set by combining United Nations Millennium Declaration, adopted at the United Nations Millennium Summit in September 2000. 一般財団法人mudef（ミューデフ）は、「Music ＋Design 」が組み合わさってできた言葉。「音楽とART」を通じて、地球規模の課題を解決するために設立されました。 mudefの活動の軸は、「ミレニアム開発目標（MDGｓ）」。MDGsとは、2000年、189の国の人々が同意した、21世紀の国際社会が真っ先に取り組むべき8つの課題。 2015年までに国際社会が達成すべき8つの目標を掲げています。それぞれの目標に紐付いて行動することで、より具体的な活動を展開します。

The Global Development Research Center is an independent non-profit think tank that carries out initiatives in the spheres of environment, urban, community, economy and information, and at scales that are effective. GDRC's foray into the theme of biodiversity began with the Kyoto Protocol and it's COP3 held in Kyoto in 1997. In order to highlight the interconnectedness of the 'Big Three' conventions - Climate Change, biodiversity and desertification, GDRC developed the "Trialogue" initiative, particularly focussing on the role of NGOs in the three conventions.

ISEP was created by energy experts and climate change campaigners in 2000. They aim to provide resources and services to realize sustainable energy policies through their work and provide policy recommendations with regard to renewable energy and energy efficiency to the Japanese government and local authority.

As global citizens, JCN for CBD agree with three objectives of the CBD and take actions to achieve the CBD’s Convention of Life on Earth. Our association recognizes the importance of collaboration and unity as a way of achieving our common goals through consensus. We aim to operate in a democratic manner with openness and transparency.

Our association recognizes the biodiversity problem as a global challenge and the COP10/MOP5 as a place for the international community to make decisions. We respect the knowledge, ideas and actions of global citizens and accept responsibility to address and assist with biodiversity issues, especially in developing countries where biodiversity loss has direct and serious impacts. More details.

JCN-UNDB is the succeeding organization of Japan Civil Network for Convention on Biodiversity (JCN-CBD) which was formed for CBD-COP10. We will collaborate with International Societies, and will act to pursue the achievement of CBD-COP10, MOP5 and contribute to the CBD-related activities throughout the UN Decade on Biodiversity. 「生物多様性条約市民ネットワーク」の後継組織として、「国連生物多様性の10年」を市民社会から推進するために結成されました。 COP10およびMOP5の成果と国連生物多様性の10年の目標を実現するため、国際社会と連携しつつ、日本の市民団体として活動することを目的として取り組み始めます。

Japan committee for IUCN(IUCN-J) is the official national committee of IUCN(International Union for Conservation of Nature) and 23 IUCN member join (the secretariat and its office is provided by Nature Conservation Society of Japan).

IUCN-J play a role of enforcement of communication, public awareness work on IUCN and biodiversity issues as well as coordination for the synergies among IUCN member works.

In 2011, IUCN-J and all member of IUCN in Japan made decision for strong support of UNDB in our long term policy(2011-2020).

A non-profit organization for popularize ecotourism in Japan. They aim a social contribution for environment and culture through tourism and exchange opinions between travel agency, tourist, governance and researcher.

Aims to increase the engagement of Japanese industries on the issue of biodiversity by helping companies to understand the need for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity; promoting communication with stakeholders on the issue; providing stakeholders with examples of good practice; increasing research and development for methods, indicators, and guidelines to monitor and evaluate the conservation of biodiversity and advocating biodiversity policies to governments and local authorities.

"What is MERRY for you?" We have been asking this simple question to people all over the world and collecting their smiles and messages. MERRY PROJECT is a communication-art project to spread the wave of MERRY under the theme of "Smile is a universal communication". We believe each person that participates in MERRY minds and cares for the Earth in their smiles and their messages will link to each other across global borders.

The Nagoya Environmental Organization (NEO) is a student environment organization in Nagoya, Aichi prefecture. The members are mostly junior and high school students. Before the organization was created, many members participated in the COP 10 side-events, at the International Children's Conference and at the International Youth Conference. With the help of the local government and non-profit organizations, the NEO have already started to do activities concerning the results that were mentioned in the discussions from the Youth Children side-events at COP10. ＮＥＯは愛知県、名古屋市にて活動する学生環境団体です。メンバーは中高生で構成されています。2010年に名古屋で開催されたCOP10や関連会議の子どもCOP10、ユース会議に携わり、触発された地元愛知・名古屋の中高生が中心の学生環境団体です。地方自治体やNPOなどと協力しながら、COP10でのユース・チルドレンの議論を行動に移すために活動しています。

The National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) stives to contribute to society through research that fosters and protects a healthy environment for present and future generations. It pursues high level research based on a firm understanding of the interaction between nature, society, and life on the planet.

For sixty years, the Nature Conservation Society of Japan (NACS-J) is an independent and advocacy NGO dedicated to the conservation of ecosystems and biological diversity. To achieve the conservation of nature in-situ and making everyone a local nature conservationist, they have created policy recommendations, conservation movements, environmental education, research and studies. The NACS-J is a leading member of the IUCN in Japan and it serves as the secretary of the Japan Committee for IUCN. They also organize information from many NGOs who are active in Japan. BD10.jp Website --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Nature Conservation Society of Japan (NACS-J) is a member of IUCN-J. This is an article that was published in their newsletter “The Nature Conservation.” You can read the message from Mr. Djoglaf who is the Executive Secretary to the Convention on Biological Diversity for Japan civil society. 日本自然保護協会（IUCN-J加盟団体）の会報にて、生物多様性事務局長からのメッセージが掲載されました。日本の市民団体のみなさまに向けた内容です。

They promote regulation of the number of long-liner and using tuna which is taken by Responsible Tuna Fisheries and prevent operation of IUU and FOC. They also rescue animal that is accidentally taken in the fisheries.

The APN is a network of 22 member governments in the Asia-Pacific whose vision is to enable countries in the region to successfully address global change (GC) challenges through science-based response strategies and measures, effective science and policy linkages, and scientific capacity development. APN supports regional cooperation in GC and sustainable development issues, particularly in developing countries. It strengthens interactions among scientists and policy-makers and strives to provide scientific input to policy decision-making and scientific knowledge to the public. APN cooperates with GC networks and organisations and links the research it sponsors with the research conducted in other regions.

UE-net is network NGO, and it is composed of 13 environmental protection activity groups being set up by the university in the region in Hiroshima. Biodiversity is an important theme in our activity, and we want to work from the aspect only of the young generation positively. We hope to participate in this campaign by all means in the activity of the fiscal year 2011 that starts in June. UE-net calls for the diffusion of knowledge and understanding to an environmental problem that makes the best use of university student's aspect while cooperating with the region, the enterprise, and the administration through various opportunities. We go out to the event in the region and the school, and press the diffusion of knowledge and the action on biodiversity through the picture story show; to children and offers of the experience activity. Japanese: 私たちは地域のイベントや学校に出かけ、子供たちに対する紙芝居や体験活動の提供を通じ、生物多様性に対する知識の普及と、解決のための行動を推進します.

The UN University is dedicated to the generation and transfer of knowledge, and the strengthening of individual and institutional capacities in furtherance of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.

The mission of UN University is to contribute, through collaborative research, capacity development, and advisory services to efforts to resolve the pressing global problems of human survival, development and welfare that are the concern of the United Nations, its Peoples and Member States.